What 𐁍 means
A syllable sign, not a numeral. On palace tablets it spelled sounds; real numbers used separate stroke-signs. The script came from older Linear A and wrote Mycenaean Greek.
It ran palace paperwork — clay lists of goods, people and livestock — attested at Knossos around c. 1450 BCE. Undeciphered signs got word-labels: 𐁍 drew 'TWO', neighbor B086 'TWE'.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐁍 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 𐁍
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1004D, then Alt+X to get 𐁍.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “linear b syllable b091 two”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1004d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐁍CSS
\1004DCharacter map
Search `U+1004D` or “Linear B” in a character map.
HTML
Write `𐁍` or `𐁍`.
Font
A box means your font lacks the glyph; Noto Sans Linear B covers it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐁍
HTML hex
𐁍
CSS content
content: "\1004D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%81%8D
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.